• Ann Vasc Surg · Sep 2002

    Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    Does ASA classification impact success rates of endovascular aneurysm repairs?

    • Michael S Conners, Britt H Tonnessen, W Charles Sternbergh, Glen Carter, Moises Yoselevitz, and Samuel R Money.
    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
    • Ann Vasc Surg. 2002 Sep 1; 16 (5): 550-5.

    AbstractThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the technical success, clinical success, postoperative complication rate, need for a secondary procedure, and mortality rate with endovascular aneurysm repair (EAR), based on the physical status classification scheme advocated by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). At a single institution 167 patients underwent attempted EAR. Query of a prospectively maintained database supplemented with a retrospective review of medical records was used to gather statistics pertaining to patient demographics and outcome. In patients selected for EAR on the basis of acceptable anatomy, technical and clinical success rates were not significantly different among the different ASA classifications. Importantly, postoperative complication and 30-day mortality rates do not appear to significantly differ among the different ASA classifications in this patient population.

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